1+ hour, 3+ min ago  (46+ words) KUOW Hacky sack is the latest trend, but its increased popularity is causing a shortage Iran's sports minister says the country can't take part in the World Cup because of US attacks...

13+ hour, 10+ min ago  (617+ words) WASHINGTON " A person who approached a White House security checkpoint and began firing at officers has died, according to federal officials. The U. S. Secret Service said in a statement late Saturday that, according to a preliminary investigation, the person approached a…...

1+ day, 12+ min ago  (828+ words) ARICA, Chile'Out on the wide open plain on Chile's northernmost coastline, dust billows in the cool breeze which sweeps across the pampa. In front of a row of concrete markers tracing the border with Peru, two sandy-yellow Chilean military excavators…...

16+ hour, 3+ min ago  (57+ words) KUOW President Trump says U. S. and Iran close to a deal for ending the war Mixed reaction, calls for congressional action: Washingtonians react to widening war with Iran At vigil for massacred protesters, Seattle-area Iranians process the start of war...

1+ day, 8+ min ago  (1337+ words) Nanda Nunnelly had just come home from a weekend out of town when a massive, multi-vortex tornado ripped through Joplin, Missouri on May 22, 2011. The sky, she says, had a sickly green tinge. When the tornado sirens went off, she jumped…...

1+ day, 3+ min ago  (1004+ words) Sailors in their dress whites lined the deck of the aircraft carrier as it pulled into Norfolk, Va. , last weekend. Helenna Parrish let out a whoop when she spotted her daughter Asia, a culinary specialist, on the deck of the…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago  (934+ words) Thick workbooks and stacks of flashcards sit on the dining table at the home of Raven Amrhein, a seventh grader at Hamilton Middle School. "On the average weekday, I will probably be memorizing 30 minutes at a minimum, to one or…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago  (508+ words) Tulsi Gabbard announced Friday that she is resigning as President Trump's director of national intelligence in order to support her husband who is battling a rare form of bone cancer. In a letter to Trump, Gabbard thanked the president for…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago  (256+ words) A week since President Trump visited China, details are beginning to emerge on the agreements reached in Beijing, though the two sides have largely stuck to their own interpretations of those deals. In the meantime, China, which is dealing with…...

1+ day, 18+ hour ago  (814+ words) Stay up to date with our Up First newsletter sent every weekday morning. MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. " Google is changing what it means to Google. The company this week announced significant changes to its search box " that austere, single-line input field…...